2 Samuel 13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:16

And she said unto him, there is no cause ,.... For such treatment as this: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me ; not that this was a greater sin, but it was a greater evil or injury to her, that being done secretly, this openly; being turned out in that open manner, it might look as if she was the aggressor, and had drawn her brother into this sin, or however had consented to it; had it been kept a secret, she would not have been exposed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:17

Then he called his servants that ministered unto him ,.... His domestic servants that waited on him: and said, put now this woman out from me ; she not willing to depart at once, he ordered her to be put out immediately by force; using her and speaking of her in a very rude and scandalous manner, calling her this, leaving it to be supplied, as they would understand it, this base woman, this strumpet, &c.; and bolt the door after her ; that she might not return; this was more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:18

And she had a garment of divers colours upon her ,.... Of embroidered work, which made her the more observable, and her shame the more manifest. Whether this was interwoven with threads of various colours, or embroidered with figures of flowers, animals, &c.; and wrought with the needle, or was painted with different colours, or made up of pieces of various colours, is not certain. See Gill on Genesis 37:3 ; but according to Braunius F3 De Vest. Sacerdot. Heb. l. 1. c. 17. sect.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:19

And Tamar put ashes on her head ,.... In token of sorrow and distress; see Joshua 7:6 , and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her ; signifying that her virginity was rent from her in a forcible manner, or that she was ravished: and laid her hand on her head ; through grief and shame; see Jeremiah 2:37 , and went on crying ; from Amnon's house to her brother Absalom's, as one abused and injured. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:20

And Absalom her brother said unto her ,.... Either meeting her in the street, or rather when come to his house: hath Amnon thy brother been with thee ? been rude with thee, and lain with thee, which is the meaning of this modest expression; which he guessed at, having heard of her being sent to his house, and knowing his lustful disposition, and seeing her in such a forlorn condition: he calls him Aminon, for so it is in the Hebrew text, and not Amnon, by way of contempt, as Kimchi... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:21

But when King David heard of all these things ,.... Of Amnon's ravishing Tamar, and turning her out of doors in that inhuman manner he did, and of her distress upon it: he was very wroth ; with Amnon; but we read not of any reproof he gave him, nor of any punishment inflicted on him by him. Abarbinel thinks the reason why he was not punished was because his sin was not cognizable by a court of judicature, nor was punishable by any way, or with any kind of death inflicted by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad ,.... That is, said nothing at all to him about the rape of his sister; not that he was sulky with him, and would not converse with him at all; for then Amnon would have mistrusted that he was meditating revenge, and therefore would have been upon his guard; but on the contrary he talked freely, and in appearance friendly, on other things, the better to conceal his hatred of him, and his design to avenge the injury of his sister: ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:23

And it came to pass after two full years ,.... Two complete years after the rape was committed; so long Absalom kept it in his mind, and was contriving how to avenge it; he let it alone so long, that it might be thought by the king and Amnon, and all the family, that it was quite worn out of his mind, and entirely forgotten by him, and therefore might the more safely confide in him: that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim ; though a prince, the son of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:24

And Absalom came to the king ,.... At Jerusalem, to invite him in person: and said, behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers ; persons employed in shearing his sheep: and this being a time of entertainment and joy: let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants, go with thy servant ; he invited the king and the whole royal family to go with him to Baalhazor, and partake of the sheepshearing feast; for by "his servants" are not meant the king's domestic servants, his guard and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:25

And the king said to Absalom, nay, my son, let us not all now go ,.... He did not object to the invitation entirely, he was willing some of the family should go, but not all; it seems probable that he particularly excepted himself and his eldest son, the heir to his crown, for the reason following: lest we be chargeable unto thee ; one or two persons more, supposing them to be private persons, would have added but little to the expense, if any; but as David was a king, he must have come... read more

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